To analyze together with the population, with the neighbors of the towns along the Ebro. This is the aim of the conference “How are the first Ebro Resilience actions between Milagro (Navarra) and Alfaro (La Rioja) working?” organized by the Strategy next Thursday, October 30 in the Plenary Hall of the Alfaro Town Hall between 17:30 and 20:00 hours.
This action, a new commitment to public participation and exchange with the territory , will include an exhibition on the actions carried out and planned and on the results, but above all it emphasizes the resolution of doubts and the space for dialogue on the social perception of the interventions, the expectations of the population and the experiences of the attendees with respect to the actions.
The Ebro Resilience Strategy aims to reduce flood damage in the middle stretch of the Ebro River (between Logroño and La Zaida) and the lower stretches of its tributaries. Since 2020, detailed studies and simulations of different alternatives for flood risk mitigation in the most affected sections have been developed.
Following the studies, deliberative workshops are being held in the different sections, with stakeholders and the general public, on the alternatives and management of future uses in those areas where actions are proposed. Following the workshops, actions have begun to be implemented in different sections of the river.
The nearest riverside towns in this stretch of the Ebro River are Rincón de Soto and Alfaro (La Rioja) and Milagro, Valtierra, Cadreíta and Castejón (Navarra).
The intervention area covered by the conference is called the Combined Actions Section within the Ebro Resilience Strategy , a series of natural water retention measures to adapt the section to the risk of flooding, thus reducing the effects.
The key to these actions is that they generate local benefits, but, in addition, they are considered to offer an overall benefit with respect to flood risk.
What is the Combined Actions Tranche?
This section extends from Milagro to Castejón (Navarra), and includes interventions already carried out through the Strategy (Ortigoso site in Milagro, La Nava site and El Estajao meander, in Alfaro); actions already carried out through the LIFE Ebro Resilience P1 Project with participation of up to 55% of the European Union financial instrument (meander of La Roza and Soto de Alfaro, in Alfaro) and actions also planned through this LIFE project (adaptation of the meander of El Señorío, in Castejón).
What is the Combined Actions Tranche?
The Ebro Resilience Strategy aims to be a framework for collaboration between the different Administrations, as well as other stakeholders, to work in solidarity and coordination in flood risk management in the middle stretch of the Ebro River, forming a sub-program of the Flood Risk Management Plan of the Ebro River Basin District. It is made up of the Ministry of Ecological Transition and Demographic Challenge, the Ebro River Basin Authority and the Autonomous Communities of La Rioja, Aragón and Navarra.